OET interlinear YAC (JAM) 5:7

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

οὖν

therefore

James uses Therefore to introduce a description of what his readers should do as a result of what he has just said about rich people. He is referring specifically to what he said about God’s judgment being imminent. Alternate translation: “Because you know that God will soon judge the people who are oppressing you”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἀδελφοί

brothers

See how you translated the term brothers in 1:2. Alternate translation: “my fellow believers”

ἕως τῆς παρουσίας τοῦ Κυρίου

until the coming ˱of˲_the Lord

James is referring to Jesus by a respectful title. Alternate translation: “until Jesus returns” or “until the Lord Jesus returns”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἰδοὺ,

behold

The term Behold focuses the attention of a listener or reader on what a speaker or writer is about to say. James is using the word here to introduce an analogy, as he makes clear at the start of the next verse. So it may be helpful to express the meaning of behold as a separate sentence. Alternate translation: “Consider this.”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

ὁ γεωργὸς ἐκδέχεται

the farmer /is/_awaiting

The expression the farmer refers to farmers in general, not to one specific farmer. Alternate translation: “a farmer awaits” or “farmers await”

τὸν τίμιον καρπὸν τῆς γῆς

˱for˲_the precious fruit ˱of˲_the earth

James uses the word fruit in a broad sense to mean things that plants produce that are good for food. He does not mean only the kind of fruit that grows on trees and vines. Alternate translation: “the valuable crops that grow from the earth”

Note 5 topic: writing-pronouns

μακροθυμῶν ἐπ’ αὐτῷ ἕως λάβῃ

being_patient for it until ˱he˲_/may/_receive

If it would be helpful to your readers, you could specify what the pronoun it refers to in each of these cases. Alternate translation: “waiting patiently for this fruit until the earth receives”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

πρόϊμον καὶ ὄψιμον

/the/_early and late_‹rains›

James is using the adjectives early and late as nouns to refer to types of rain. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could translate these with equivalent expressions. Alternate translation: “the rain that comes early in the growing season and the rain that comes late in the growing season”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

πρόϊμον καὶ ὄψιμον

/the/_early and late_‹rains›

If it would be helpful to your readers, particularly if they would not be familiar with rainfed agriculture, you could state why these farmers needed to wait for rain to fall on their crops. UST models one way to do this.